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Follows journalist Jillian Lauren’s journey to uncover the confessions and motivations of serial killer Samuel Little, who killed approximately 90 women over six decades, while balancing the gruesome details of his murders and giving voice to the lives of his victims.
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2023.
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English
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Bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigious Murdaugh family and the shocking murder of its patriarch, Alex Murdaugh, that brought dark secrets to light, resulting in the much-publicized downfall of this Southern legal dynasty.
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"The powerful Murdaugh dynasty had dominated rural South Carolina for generations. No one dared to cross them. When Mandy and her reporting partner Liz Farrell looked closer at a fatal boat crash involving the storied family's teenage son Paul, they began to uncover a web of mysteries surrounding the deaths of the Murdaughs' long-time housekeeper and a young man found slain years earlier on a backcountry road. Just as their investigations were unfolding,...
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2023.
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On October 22, 1989, in the small town of St. Joseph, Minnesota, eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling was kidnapped at gunpoint. Twenty-seven years later, on September 3, 2016, Danny Heinrich led authorities to the boy's remains. What lies between is the riveting story of the search for Jacob Wetterling, told by his mother, Patty. With her trademark candor and down-to-earth honesty, she details the investigation as it unfolds, discusses her family's struggles,...
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Douglas Walker
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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The headlines read, “The Last Good Deed Cost Daniel A. Walker Jr. His Life” and “Murder Victim Was Always Doing Favors.” The unresolved twist-of-fate story regarding the 1974, murder of Danny Walker has haunted his family and friends for nearly fifty years. What happened to the free-spirited, easygoing 21-year-old as he crossed the Mojave Desert that fateful night? Just hours before he was killed, Dan stopped near Cajon Pass to pick up a hitchhiker...
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Arcturus Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Medics and carers hold the lives of their patients in the balance. They see us at our most vulnerable, and we trust them utterly. Yet there are those who abuse this trust in the medical profession and take advantage of their position to commit the most hideous crimes. Some kill because of a twisted sense of mercy. Others let their monstrous egos take over as they seek to prove themselves the hero by rescuing those they harmed themselves. And then...
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For Laurah Norton, forensic science was always more of a passion than anything else. But after learning about a mishandled 1990s cold case, she was spurred to action, eventually creating a massively popular podcast and building a platform that helped bring widespread attention and resources to the case. This book builds on Laurah's fascination with these investigations, introducing readers to the history and evolution of forensic science. Incorporating...
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Pegasus Crime
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2024.
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English
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On Christmas night, December 25, 1843, in a serene village on Staten Island, shocked neighbors discovered the burnt remains of twenty-four-year-old mother Emeline Houseman and her infant daughter, Ann Eliza. In a perverse nativity, someone bludgeoned to death a mother and child in their home—and then covered up the crime with hellfire. After Polly’s legal dream team entered the fray, the press and the public debated not only her guilt, but her...
9) Hearts of darkness: serial killers, the behavioral science unit, and my life as a woman in the FBI
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Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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An agent in the world-renowned FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit who consulted on more than 850 homicide cases, crossing paths with some of the world's most infamous serial killers, and the real-life model for The Silence of the Lambs's Clarice Starling, shares her incredible story for the first time.
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Melville House
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Was Lee Harvey Oswald—as he himself claimed—a patsy? A hired gunman? In this startling account, Deanne Stillman suggests that there was indeed a conspiracy behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy—that of Oswald and his mother, Marguerite, who were locked in a desperate pursuit of fame and recognition. It was a struggle that would erupt on November 22, 1963, with Kennedy’s murder—after which the assassin joined the roster of infamous...
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Thomas & Mercer
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[2024]
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English
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Returning to Amish Country to investigate the 1977 murder of pregnant wife and mother Ida Stutzman, the best-selling author, with the help of aging witnesses and shocking long-buried letters, finally uncovers the disturbing truth—and the conspiracy of silence and secrets that kept it hidden for 45 years.
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